There was another school shooting today, this time in Noblesville, Indiana.

A new theme is emerging from students in these shootings.

Students expect someone to open fire on them now.

“I had a feeling it would happen eventually,” a middle school student tells the Indianapolis Star.

As for the adults, they’re still in denial.

“This happens in high school, not here,” said Chad Lancaster, whose eighth-grade daughter called her mother while hiding under a desk.

“Never thought that this would happen,” Maria Rooney, another parent, said. “Not in Noblesville.”

Parents might want to get on the same page as their kids.

“Karen and I are praying for the victims of the terrible shooting in Indiana. To everyone in the Noblesville community — you are on our hearts and in our prayers,” Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, said in a statement.

“Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough to keep our students and educators safe. We need to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people,” the Indiana Teachers Association responded.

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Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts. He was senior editor of news in the ’90s, ran MPR’s political unit, created the MPR News regional website, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day laments that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

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